The Ties That Bind (1984) Su Friedrich

The Ties That Bind is an experimental documentary about the filmmakers mother, who was born and lived in southern Germany from 19201950. Through a mixture of personal anecdote and social history, she describes the rise of Nazism, the war years, and the Allied occupation, during which she met her future husband, an American soldier. The Ties That Bind breaks with the usual format of war documentaries, thus allowing a different portrait of the individual to emerge, while it reflects on the current political situation in America and the filmmakers activities in relation to those issues.